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The American
is getting middling reviews, I think I will like it.
is getting middling reviews, I think I will like it.
Quick TV update:
Finish The Sopranos. All in all a fantastic series that seems to have gotten eclipsed as far as popular TV fan opinion is concerned over the years, which I suppose is still to be determined personally, since I still have a lot of watching to do. I don't love it quite as much as Deadwood, but it's not too far off. It ended strong, meaning like two and a half exceptional seasons strong. And the series finale is quite seriously one of the greatest endings ever... to anything.
As for season rankings:
5
6 (Part II > Part I)
2
3
1
4
Probably.
Also, The ladyfriend got me Seasons 2 and 3 of Mad Men on blu. I'm very excited to get back into that one.
How long did it take you to get through?
ylb said:DOUBLE LADYFRIEND ACTION.
A little over a month... maybe 5 weeks or so.
Have you read the novel Lance? It really is an incredible read, such well drawn characters, a slowly revealing plot, and first-person narration that is so natural in all its tangents and personal mannerisms of the narrator. I'm excited because I think it looks like Romanek has done a good job bringing it to screen, but part of me hates adaptations because 90% of the audience will never read the book, and in the case of a book like this that's a damn shame, because all the excellent filmmaking in the world can't bring an author's unique prose to the screen. That said, sometimes you can visually depict a novel perfectly, like The Road, and it isn't a bad thing even though you obviously can't get the sparseness and free verse poetry of the entire novel. Blah blah blah, people should read more, blah, TV/movies rot kids brains blah blah, end.
some french guy said:I am not one of those rhapsodising about this 'splendid epic' and this 'rare and extreme experience'. On the contrary, I consider it to be a work that never goes beyond the theoretical intentions of the director and which uses dramatic arbitrariness as an artistic posture.
I haven't read the novel, no. It seems like something I would like though. I've just heard great things about the film and the people involved. The trailer looks fantastic, good buzz etc etc. As for The Road, I think it's been more than discussed enough on here already, but I think you're a bit generous. Perhaps "translate the all the descriptive strokes and plot" to the screen is more appropriate. I thought it was a perfectly adequate film, but as you suggested, it completely missed the essence of the novel, which lies of course in the particulars of the prose. If an artist can manage to translate that from one medium to another, it likely won't be in an expected way either and will probably get shit for a particular lack of faithfulness or whatever. But aaaaaanyway, since someone brought up The Road I always like to take the opportunity to plug Michael Haneke's Time of the Wolf. Essentially the film The Road desperately wanted to be, and it came out back in 2003 or so.